Wilkes-Barre is the largest city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It is situated on the floodplains of the Susqehanna River and was named after two British MPs who were sympathetic to the American colonial cause. Anthracite was found nearby in the early 1800s and industrialization followed. Woolworths, Bell Telephone and Planters Peanuts are among the companies founded there.
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